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PPP Episode 47: Crossing Lake Michigan with Rob Hartman
Rob joins the Peak Paddle Performance podcast for the second time. But this time, it’s all about an epic 80 mile adventure crossing Lake Michigan this past August. Now in his mid f…
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PPP Episode 46: Unstoppable with Oscar Chalupsky
It’s been way too long since we had a chance to catch up with Oscar Chalupsky on the Peak Paddle Performance Podcast. Although battling an incurable cancer, Oscar hasn’t slowed dow…
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PPP Episode 45: Growing Surfski through Competition with Matt Drayer
In this podcast I sit down with Matt Drayer who is part of a small team including Greg Barton, Jesse Lishchuk, and Geoff Pearson who are dedicated to promoting surfski development…
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PPP Episode 44: Coaching Session #2 with Dr Brendan O’Neill
In this podcast I check in with Brendan to review how the past 10 weeks of training have gone and what I need to focus on in the final four weeks leading up to the Gorge Downwind C…
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PPP Episode 43: Coaching Session #1 with Dr Brendan O’Neill
In this episode of the Peak Paddle Performance Podcast, I reconnect with Dr Brendan O’Neill creator of the Vaaka Cadence Sensor. In 2019 Brendan graciously put together a 14 week c…
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PPP Episode 42: Leveling Up with Giant Fish Founder Scott Darling
In this podcast I interview Giant Fish founder Scott Darling. Scott launched the initial Giant Fish collection of paddling shorts, pants, and tops in the summer of 2020. Right at t…
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PPP Episode 41: Breaking the Mould with Oscar Chalupsky
We’re back with our most frequent and popular podcast guest, the infamous Oscar Chalupsky. It’s always informative and exciting to catch up with Oscar and this podcast is not excep…
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PPP Episode 40: Tragedy on Lake Michigan
On October 8th the Great Lakes paddling community suffered on incomprehensible loss when Nick Walton succumbed to hypothermia in a downwind race on Lake Michigan. Nick was a profes…
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PPP Episode 39: Downwind Jam Session
This podcast was an experimental downwind jam session. The idea was to setup a Zoom call open to any and all paddlers to join and share their stories and experiences around downwin…
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PPP Episode 38: Doing The Work with Rob Hartman
My guest on the podcast today is long time friend and paddler Rob Hartman. Rob is a husband and father of three girls. He works full time as a software developer, plays the Upright…
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PPP Episode 37: ACA Surfski Instruction with Matt Murphy
My guest on this podcast is Matt Murphy. Matt is a Naval Architect and Ocean Engineer by trade, who grew up in and on the waters of Northeastern Canada. After school, Matt made his…
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PPP Episode 36: Downwinding the Carolina Coast with Rod and Barry
In this podcast episode I had a chance to connect with Rod and Barry of ThePaddleChannel. Rod and Barry have progressed from SUP to OC to SURFSKI and their YouTube channel document…
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PPP Episode 35: Bellingham Downwind, and Creating a Paddling Community
In this podcast I’m joined by Reivers Dustin, who at 70 years old, is still every bit as passionate about downwind paddling as anyone I’ve met. Reivers is highly regarded as one of…
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PPP Episode 34: Exploring Cape Town and Durbin Downwind Routes with Oscar Chalupsky
It has been a long hiatus, but the Peak Paddle Performance Podcast is back in action. We’re going to try out a new format where we find paddlers enthusiastic about sharing their lo…
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PPP Episode 33: Starting a Surfski Journey in Middle Age with Greg Greene
In this podcast I sit down with one of the many dear friends I’ve met through Surfski Paddling. Greg Greene and I first crossed paths when we battled it out in my first surski race…
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PPP Episode 32: SURFSKI on the Great Lakes with Nick Murray
In this podcast, the tables are turned and I’m in the hot seat as Buzz Burrell (a long time endurance sports athlete and entrepreneur and new surfski addict) interviews me. We cove…
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PPP Episode 31: Calm Intense, Silly Songs, and Finding your Flow with Jasper Mocke
Today’s podcast guest may be best known as the younger brother of paddling legend Dawid Mocke, but Jasper Mocke is in every way a legend in his own right. Jasper is an incredibly t…
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PPP Episode 30: Michele Eray, You Regret More The Things you Didn’t Do
In today’s podcast I managed to catch up with Olympic athlete, coach, and co-founder of Paddle California, Michele Eray. I somehow coerced her into sitting still just long enough t…
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PPP Episode 29: The Early Days of Surfski Racing with Oscar Chalupsky
In early December the guys @CarbonologySport shared some vintage footage of the 1983 Port Elizabeth to East London (PE2LE) 4 Day Stage Race. It generated a lot of intrigue on Faceb…
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PPP Episode 28: 20 Years of ERG Experience with Erik Borgnes
Today’s podcast guest is good friend and fellow Great Lakes paddler Erik Borgnes. Many of you may recognize Erik as the guy who has dominated the Chattajack 32 race for the past se…